Wendy Davis gets glimpse of wounded troops' care in S.A.

Updated 5:53 am, Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Wendy Davis has spent two days getting to know San Antonio. On Monday (above) she took questions at the Firefighters Banquet Hall. Yesterday, she was at the Intrepid center.

Wendy Davis has spent two days getting to know San Antonio. On Monday (above) she took questions at the Firefighters Banquet Hall. Yesterday, she was at the Intrepid center.

Photo: Edward A. Ornelas / San Antonio Express-News

Wendy Davis gets glimpse of wounded troops' care in S.A.

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SAN ANTONIO – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis explored San Antonio for a second day on Tuesday, meeting with veterans and quietly visiting military facilities that care for wounded troops and their families.

“They obviously care so deeply,” she said of the workers and volunteers at the facilities. “It was about whole-family support, for the veterans and the active-duty service person on a break from service because of injury — mental or physical — and their family members.”

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To honor their privacy, Davis did not talk with patients as she toured the center with a commander.

“It was the complete antithesis of what you might expect, that veterans' services might be purely bureaucratic,” Davis said.

Davis also held a closed-door roundtable with veterans at VFW Post 76 downtown.

Later, she recounted her legislative efforts to provide state help for veterans. She noted she co-authored with Van de Putte a measure creating a lottery scratch-off game to benefit veterans programs and co-authored legislation creating specialty district courts that serve veterans.

Davis was not accompanied by the media entourage that chronicled her Monday campaign activities, which included a tour of Rackspace Hosting, and a stop at a phone bank where volunteers were working on her behalf.

Davis ended months of speculation on Thursday by declaring her candidacy in the March Democratic primary. In November 2014, Davis would face the GOP nominee — the victor of what's now a three-person race.

In her first San Antonio visit as a declared candidate, Davis focused her messages at her various stops. With volunteers, she said their work is crucial as she tries to shake up the leadership in Austin. At Rackspace, she praised the high-tech company while accepting the endorsement of Mayor Julián Castro.

“It was a wonderful juxtaposition to be in a city with the historic presence that San Antonio has, juxtaposed against a company like I saw yesterday, Rackspace, which is clearly where we're headed. They're the future. San Antonio represents the best of that past and the future,” she said.